Patents Examined by Anwar Mohamed
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Patent number: 11648937Abstract: A driver assistance device is configured to determine whether a type of a deceleration target is included in a category of a position-fixed object or a moving object, and determine whether the deceleration target is lost, and to continue the deceleration assistance on assumption that the lost deceleration target exists when the deceleration target is determined to be lost. The driver assistance device is configured to notify a driver of a host vehicle that the deceleration target is lost when the deceleration target is determined to be lost and the type of the deceleration target is included in the category of the moving object, and not to notify the driver that the deceleration target is lost when the deceleration target is determined to be lost and the type of the deceleration target is included in the category of the position-fixed object.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuta Ikezawa, Kohei Tochigi, Shogo Ito
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Patent number: 11643094Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a noise control apparatus, vehicle having the same and method for controlling the vehicle to reduce indoor noise. In accordance with an aspect of disclosure, the vehicle collects sound by using a sound collector while driving the vehicle; detects vibration occurring in the vehicle by using a vibration detector; detects an occupant in the vehicle by using an occupant detector; generates a virtual reference signal based on an actual reference signal for the detected vibration; acquires location information of the occupant's ear based on the occupant information; generates a virtual error signal based on the acquired ear location information and the actual noise signal for the collected sound; generates a noise control signal based on the virtual error signal and the virtual reference signal; and outputs the generated noise control signal as sound.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jung Keun You, Kaangdok Yee, ChiSung Oh, Joongkwan Kim
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Patent number: 11645918Abstract: A fleet management system coordinates multiple autonomous vehicles (AVs) to transport a group of passengers from one location to another. A single user can submit a request to the fleet management system to provide a ride for the group, the request specifying the number of passengers and the pickup location. The fleet management system determines a number of AVs to transport the group based on the number passengers, and dispatches this number of AVs to the pickup location. The AVs pick up the passengers at the pickup location, drive the passengers to a destination, and drop the passengers off at the destination.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Jeffrey Brandon, Alexander Willem Gerrese, Yifei Zhang, Jeremy Stephen Juel
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Patent number: 11643113Abstract: In a target identification device, an acquisition unit is configured to acquire trajectory information including information on a movement trajectory of a moving object in the surroundings of a vehicle. A calculation unit is configured to calculate a likelihood for each type of moving object from the trajectory information by using a plurality of models predefined for each type of moving object. A target identification unit is configured to identify the type of the moving object according to the likelihood calculated by the calculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Kosuke Kitaura
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Patent number: 11634144Abstract: A sensing method and a sensing device for HDVs (human driven vehicles) under a partial VANET environment are provided. According to the method, an existence sensing module and a location sensing module are constructed, based on a long-short-term-memory recurrent neural network, with utilizing historical information of motion states of a single CAV (connected and autonomous vehicle) as an input, existence and exact locations of surrounding HDVs of the CAV are outputted. The method is not only applicable to sensing the surrounding HDVs of the single CAV, but also the surrounding HDVs of the multiple CAVs. An estimation result of each CAV is firstly obtained, then the estimation results of the CAVs are checked with confliction criterion, according to checking results, the estimation results of the multiple CAVs are fused, and information about the surrounding HDVs of each CAV is finally outputted.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Hongsheng Qi, Rumeng Dai
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Patent number: 11635502Abstract: A LIDAR system includes a plurality of LIDAR units. Each of the LIDAR units includes a housing defining a cavity. Each of the LIDAR units further includes a plurality of emitters disposed within the cavity. Each of the plurality of emitters is configured to emit a laser beam. The LIDAR system includes a rotating mirror and a retarder. The retarder is configurable in at least a first mode and a second mode to control a polarization state of a plurality of laser beams emitted from each of the plurality of LIDAR units. The LIDAR system includes a polarizing beam splitter positioned relative to the retarder such that the polarizing beam splitter receives a plurality of laser beams exiting the retarder. The polarizing beam is configured to transmit or reflect the plurality of laser beams exiting the retarder based on the polarization state of the laser beams exiting the retarder.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: UATC, LLCInventors: James Allen Haslim, Michael Bryan Borden
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Patent number: 11608169Abstract: A system for performing work on electrical power lines and/or splices on electrical power lines comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a power line tool adapted to perch on an electrical power line and/or a splice on an electrical power line, a support frame selectively releasably attached to the UAV, and a plurality of flexible dielectric support lines attaching the power line tool to the support frame. Each of the support lines are attached to a corresponding attachment point on the support frame and a corresponding attachment point on the power line tool.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: BEIROBOTICS LLCInventors: Michael Kenneth Beiro, Alvin Leroy Corbin, III, Chase Hamilton Coble, David Carson Schul
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Patent number: 11584377Abstract: An AV is described herein. The AV includes a lidar sensor system. The AV additionally includes a computing system that executes a road surface analysis component to determine, based upon lidar sensor data, whether a road surface feature is present on or in a roadway in a travel path of the AV. The AV can be configured to initiate a mitigation maneuver responsive to determining that the road surface feature is present. Performing the mitigation maneuver causes the AV to avoid the road surface feature or decelerate prior to reaching the road surface feature, thereby improving the apparent quality or comfort of the ride to a passenger of the AV.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLCInventors: Matthew Cox, Pranay Agrawal
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Patent number: 11577718Abstract: A vehicle may receive sensor data captured by a sensor of the vehicle, determine that the sensor data represents an object in the environment, and determine an impact location between the vehicle and the object. The impact location may be associated with a predicted collision between the vehicle and the object. The vehicle may also determine an object type corresponding to the object and/or a characteristic of the object. Based at least in part on the impact location, object type, and/or the characteristic, a ride height of the vehicle may be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventors: Johannes Edren, Markus Jost, Ahditya Melkote, Amanda Brown Prescott
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Patent number: 11579590Abstract: A mobile work machine includes a wireless communication system configured to receive a wireless communication signal from a transmitter corresponding to a machine component on the mobile work machine, machine component identification logic configured to obtain a machine component identifier, that uniquely identifies the machine component, based on the wireless communication signal, operation detection logic configured to detect a machine operation associated with the machine component and to generate component performance data correlated to the machine component based on the machine operation, and control signal generator logic configured to generate a control signal that controls the mobile work machine based on the component performance data.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Andrew W. Harmon, Robert T. Casper, Elijah B. Garner
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Patent number: 11578987Abstract: A user terminal, a transportation vehicle, a server, a computer program product, a signal sequence and a method for sending for a first transportation vehicle. The method includes actuating an actuating device of a first user terminal; sending a wireless message from the user terminal to a server in response thereto; assigning a first transportation vehicle to the user terminal; assigning a first color information to the first user terminal and the assigned first transportation vehicle; and emitting a light by the first transportation vehicle and the first user terminal, the identical color of which is defined based on the first color information.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventors: Marian Hilgers, Isabelle Fröhlich, Aaron Post, Daniel Palzer, Mark Lukas
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Patent number: 11565698Abstract: A histogram is calculated based on a road surface image of a portion around a vehicle, a running-allowed region in which the vehicle can run is detected based on the histogram, an obstacle region is extracted based on the running-allowed region, and a position of an obstacle in the obstacle region is detected, to further enhance the accuracy of detecting an obstacle around the vehicle as compared with conventional art.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CornorationInventors: Kohei Mori, Hiroki Fujiyoshi
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Patent number: 11543080Abstract: Methods and systems for modelling pipeline construction, include or implement steps of (a) obtaining ranging data of a pipeline construction location including a pipe; (b) processing the ranging data to produce a spatially organized point cloud; and (c) processing the point cloud to identify at least one geometric feature comprising a point or a two-dimensional feature representative of a pipe centreline, and associating the at least one geometric feature with the pipeline construction location. The ranging data may be data obtained from a lidar device. The pipeline construction may be underground construction, where pipe is laid in a ditch. Relevant information, such as depth-of-cover may be calculated from identified geometric features. Relevant information may be determined in real-time or near-real-time and displayed, communicated or recorded as desired.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: LUX MODUS LTD.Inventors: Joseph Hlady, Matthew Glanzer, Lance Fugate, Nehla Ghouaiel, Rachel Legesse, Siamak Akhlaghi Esfahany
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Patent number: 11511751Abstract: A method of improving a merging efficiency of an ego vehicle is described. The method includes determining one or more merge gaps between vehicles in a target lane of a multilane highway. The method also includes computing an exposure time in which the ego vehicle is specified to merge into the one or more merge gaps. The method further includes selecting a merge gap between a first vehicle and a second vehicle in the target lane of the multilane highway having a maximum exposure time.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventor: Daniele Molinari
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Patent number: 11500105Abstract: A transmitting optical system for a LIDAR system is described for illuminating a field of view with light, having a linear light source for generating and outputting primary light in linear form; and having a deflecting optical system that has a lens assemblage in an intermediate image plane of the deflecting optical system for outputting received primary light into the field of view, and has a deflecting mirror, pivotable one-dimensionally around an axis, for receiving primary light from the linear light source and for directing the primary light onto the lens assemblage and, in that context, imaging the linear light source onto the lens assemblage in such a way that the image of the linear light source sweeps over the lens assemblage, or over a part thereof, upon a pivoting motion of the deflecting mirror.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Joern Ostrinsky
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Patent number: 11491991Abstract: A method for determines the drive train sensitivity of a drive train of a motor vehicle. A vehicle body is placed in longitudinal oscillations in the direction of travel and a parameter for the drive train sensitivity is determined as a function of the determined longitudinal accelerations of the vehicle body and the resultant angular accelerations of a transmission input shaft of a transmission of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Tobias Hoffmann, Jan Faißt, Olaf Werner, Stefan Winkelmann
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Patent number: 11472439Abstract: A vehicle control system executes automated driving control that controls automated driving of a vehicle based on driving environment information indicating a driving environment for the vehicle. When a part of functions of the vehicle is failed during the automated driving, the vehicle control system executes emergency stop control that stops the vehicle. In the emergency stop control, the vehicle control system: acquires failure status information being information on the failed part of functions; determines, based on the failure status information and the driving environment information, a target stop position at which even the vehicle with the failed part of functions is able to arrive and stop by the automated driving; and executes the automated driving control such that the vehicle travels toward the target stop position to stop at the target stop position.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Iwamoto, Masahiro Harada, Ayako Shimizu, Akihide Tachibana
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Patent number: 11458915Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to adjustment of vehicle settings based on sensor data. Sensor data of an individual can be collected. The sensor data can be matched to a template. A set of vehicle settings associated with the template can be determined. The set of vehicle settings can then be activated within a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Adaoha Onyekwelu
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Patent number: 11415428Abstract: There is provided an audio information providing system that can solve the problem with the audio lag and includes navigation with higher accuracy. The audio information providing system is an audio guidance system including an audio output device that is worn in the ear of a user and an information processing terminal that is communicatively connected to the audio output device. The audio output device includes: an audio output unit configured to output audio to the ear of the user; and a detection unit configured to detect the direction of the head of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: NAIN INC.Inventors: Kentaro Yamamoto, Yusuke Takano
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Patent number: 11366194Abstract: A method is provided for correcting a positional probability distribution, at least two mobile systems each ascertaining a positional probability distribution through respective GNSS receivers, at least one mobile system ascertaining a distance to at least one second mobile system, the at least two mobile systems exchanging the ascertained positional probability distribution among themselves through a communication link, and by using the at least two ascertained positional probability distributions and the distance between the at least two mobile systems, an improvement of the positional probability distributions being calculated. Furthermore, a method for providing at least one correction term is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Maxim Dolgov, Thomas Michalke, Florian Wildschuette, Hendrik Fuchs, Ignacio Llatser Marti